🔥 Unique footage of the preparation and launch of FP-2 guided kamikaze drones during night operations by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces

Just exactly what is the difference between Blue Labour, and the RCP/LM/Spiked cult? They operate in the same way, have the same politics, and are equally toxic to British society.

Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Mahmood said "claims she was chasing Reform votes were “just a way of delegitimising the point of view that I bring to the table”. one for Strong Message Here, @aiannucci.bsky.social ?

"Of 22 sites being held on a waiting list, before designation, 14 were at risk from development. That's 64% of potential SSSI's, and the wildlife living within them, at risk of being lost."

Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections

not possible.

From record flooding to wildfire warnings in 10 weeks. Welcome to #climatechaos. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting that Karren Brady has left before the end of the season. Wonder what that was about.

Damning report into Natural England’s failure to designate any new SSSIs since 2023.

❗️“Ukraine is not looking for an alternative to joining the EU, but a union of Ukraine, Britain, Turkey, and Norway would make the EU the strongest in the world.” – Zelenskyy

Surely because of Trump’s best efforts at tanking the global fossil fuels economy

Judging by how Westminster politics has changed out of all recognition since 2016, literally anything is possible.

Trump's son in law Kushner is also the scion of another New York property developer dynasty, just like Trump. And Kushner's father has been given the job of Ambassador to France (and Monaco). As they say, keep it in the family.

To drown their sorrows after losing their Orban slush fund money.

Currently number 23 in the Amazon bestseller list. 4425 copies sold in the first week.

If I were a government minister and I had a magic wand, I think 'make people more aware of pensions and how they work' is the thing that solves so many political problems.

From a landscape perspective I can see such a large Solar Farm could be considered detrimental to some. But taking 1000ha of Norfolk out of the 'industrial scale' agriculture it has been subject to for the last 70 years will certainly be good for wildlife, water quality & many other benefits.

A new game #Tradle #1504 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 oec.world/en/games/tra...

Stewart Lee's latest for @thenerve.news is "very much a game of two halves, Ron" starting with the very reasonable question as to why the late Queen shouldn't be expunged for protecting her pdf-file adjacent son - then segueing into a piece about obscure wildlife ⬇️ www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Ah

But Starmer announced the appointment of the Dark Lord as US Ambassador before the security vetting had taken place. So it didn’t really matter whether he had been told whether the security vetting had been failed. Was he really going to reverse ferret and withdraw Mandelson as Ambassador? Nah.

And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats... skip a bit brother "And the Lord spake, saying, ''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Four shalt thou not...

Setting aside what a price cap without production subsidies would do to the Scottish food/farming sector, why have Bread Milk Cheese Eggs Rice and Chicken been chosen as the "essential foods"? Food Standards Scotland advise a balanced diet from the 5 food groups: the first being Fruit & Veg!

Straight out of The Thick of It.

Today's offering from @chrisgrey.bsky.social covers all the expected news from the last fortnight - from Marmalade to Orban. But deeper chords resonate within, such as the failure of the Brexists to accept Britain has lost its "Global Power" status. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

Immensely stupid decision and he should mea culpa and deal with it. This embarrassing buck passing does not make him less unpopular

Emma Smart. Doing what she does best, alienating people from environmental and animal welfare causes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What a total screw-up: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lovely day today at @nationaltrust.org.uk Kingston Lacy. We went for the Bluebells & were also wowed by the Chamelias, Rhododendrons & Azaleas. Great progress in the Kitchen Garden including this lovely apple arbour walk and spectacular Wisteria. Lunch as good as ever, as was the Tramper for my mum.

Trump vows to bomb Vatican "back to the Stone Age".

This is going well

oh dear.

Anyone else finding Bluesky glitchy this morning?

JCB jumps on the "family farm" bandwagon, claiming new Inheritance Tax rules could mean they jump ship to the USA. Jo Bamford said [JCB] could “quite easily become an American business” if tax pressures continue to rise. JCB's market value is £7.65 Billion. www.farminguk.com/news/jcb-cou...

Interesting article. Not heard of The Amyloid Mafia before.

When Labour next tell you there is no money left and that's why they can't help people to heat their homes, show them this.

"That's a very nice trade deal you've got there. It would be a terrible shame if it got ....damaged." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump may not have dementia @ottoenglish.bsky.social but he's definitely not at all well.

Latest from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

It's perfectly reasonable to challenge ministers on N Sea oil & gas as a response to the energy shock. But this is the exclusive framing for EVERY interview on this topic. No minister or opposition leader is ever asked if they'll "max out" wind/solar. It's always framed as fossil fuels v inaction

For #Hillfortswednesday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "The forts were built on hills to protect inhabitants from enemy attacks." Discuss!

It has been a very dry month here in Dorchester. This morning (14/4) saw a very welcome 2mm of rain fall, making it the wettest day since the 12th March. Our venerable chicken, Scooter (13 this year), is unimpressed.

Why wildflowers are moving from meadows to the city www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic... A really nice BBC Earth article written by @jessicaeb.bsky.social about the importance of secondary urban habitats for native plant species and other wildlife, quoting @ukceh.bsky.social ecologist Nadine Mitschunas.

In case people are confused by Matt Goodwin's suggestion that all academics get masses of funding from dodgy organisations, let's be clear: the best most of us can do is a few small grants that cover expenses for the occasional train journey to London.

Furedi has certainly been raking it in at MCC Brussels (6.3M Euros 2024). Other LMers also feeding at the same trough.

Hmm now wondering whether the RCP/LM/Spiked collective has been receiving funding from one of Orban's "outreach" initiatives.

Guess how many times this Spiked piece - which blames Orban’s loss on ‘identity politics’ and ‘therapy culture’ - mentions that Furedi is literally working for Orban? democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

A skull and crossbones motif on the 17th-century table tomb of Melchisadeck and Christiane Gillet in the cemetery of Whitcombe church #Dorset 📷 April 2026 Just to the NE lay the grave of the Iron Age *Whitcombe warrior* who died 1,700 years earlier #TombTuesday

Zero www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2601162...

These people call themselves patriots. Almost invariably, they turn out to be stooges of foreign powers. goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-c...